By Nikol Lohr The balaclava, named after the town of Balaclava in Crimea (now Ukraine), was originally worn by Russian soldiers in the Crimean war. While the balaclava retains a military association, it’s also well loved by skiers and climbers for its flexibility and warmth. A sort of sock for your head, the balaclava is […]
A newly posted work from Japanese kinetic sculptor Osamu Kanda, whose elegant praying mantis automaton I blogged two weeks ago. This one is called Crawl. [via The Automata / Automaton Blog]
Don’t forget we’re running an awesome Garrett Wade tool giveaway. Two winners will be chosen to receive either a push drill or a set of old school heavy-duty (“tank”) screw drivers Sean Ragan reviewed in the latest Toolbox column of MAKE. To be eligible, just go to the original post and tell us what you’d […]
Dave Malki, who does the awesome Victorian-era webcomic Wondermark, has created a hysterical steampunky genre-fiction generator. Liam Cooke created an automated version of the chart. Here’s the story synopsis I got: The Psychopunks In a metaphorical Outer Rim world, a young milquetoast office drone stumbles across a time-traveling soldier which spurs him into conflict with […]
Trim a yard of micro-fiber fleece with yarn fringe for an easy and ultra soft no-sew blanket.
After releasing the “Open source Homeland Security non-lethal weapon – The Do-it-yourself handheld LED-based Incapacitator” a few folks around the web emailed or posted saying “you can’t build that for yourself, or even for fun, it’s patented!” – This comes up once and awhile in the world of making things, perhaps it’s a good conversation […]
Almost 100 years ago, John Krubsack made this amazing chair by growing a bunch of box elder trees together.
